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HONG KONG, SATURDAY, AUGUST 13, 1932.

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SUTCLIFFE 194

507 In Two Innings Against Essex. BOWES TAKES 9 FOR 121.

WALLY HAMMOND'S HURRICANE CENTURY.

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Lancashire Beaten.

London, Tu-day. Herbert Sutcliffe's bril- liant innings at Scarborough gave Yorkshire the double against Essex yesterday, His innings for 194 was his ninth century of the season. Against. Essex at Leyton car-· lier in the season he scored 313 and participated in a world's first, wicket record partnership. Thus in two innings against Essex this season England's famous opening batsman has scored 507 runs

During the Scarborough game Bowes just missed the distinc-| tion of securing all ten wickets

BASEBALL

KEEN FIELDING BY DODGERS.

Giants Suffer Six

Double Plays.

· KLEIN'S TWO HOMERS.

New York, To-day.

The following were the results of yesterday's Baseball games:

National League.

R. H. E. New York Giants 0 4 1 The Dodgers' completed six

double plays in the game. Brooklyn Dodgers ...... I 12

Clark pitched for the Giants.

Philadelphia Phillies.. 8 14

Chuck Klein (2), Virgil Davids:

and Lee hit home runs. Boston Braves ....

American League.

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PRICE $3.00 Per Month.

EMPIRE AGREES ON SUDDEN REACTION

ECONOMIC SYSTEM

PRICES MUST RISE TO END DEPRESSION

CHAMBERLAIN'S PLAN

Ottawa, To-day.

The delegates of the nations at the British Em- pire Economic Conference here have reached a de- finite agreement with respect to the system to be o adopted to counteract declining market prices

the world depression.

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Boston Red Sox

Jolley hit a home run. Philadelphia Athletics I 5

Cleveland Indians Detroit Tigers

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TABLES TO DATE.

and

A world-wide rise in levels of general whole sale prices is greatly to be desired, declares a state- ment on the monetary and financial questions from

IN N.Y. STOCKS.

Wave Of Selling As Market Slumps.

· 12 POINT LOSSES.

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Frenzied Speculators Ignored Warnings.

BEARS NOW IN CONTROL ON WALL STREET.

New York, To-day." The Stock Market plunged into long-anticipated reaction to-

day when a torrent of selling orders at the last hour brought issues tumbling by from one to

five points in many instances and

from six to 12 in a few. It was the attempt. of speculators to cash in on profits of the rising market of the last few days which' finally flooded the the Exchange and gave the "bears" control.

The turnover was more than feature of the early trading

was the firmness of alcohol

issues, which is attributed to Pre- sident Herbert Hoover's election platform declaration favouring state option with respect to pro-

a spokesman of the Conference. Hhe evil of fall-8,500,000 shares. ing prices must be attacked by the Governments, and individual action must be taken in all its 2 causes, political, economic and financial..

The Governments represented sults in two directions: firstly, hibition. President Hoover stat at the Conference are convinced creating an area of stability among ed yesterday that he would wish that international action is ur the countries regulating their cur gently necessary to deal with the rencies with relation to sterling: to see such a system in the United States. Such a change in problem in its widest aspect and secondly, avoiding wide day-to-day the laws of the land would natur 561 desire to co-operate with other fluctuations between sterling and

ally open a wide and profitable 545 nations in any practicable mea- gold.

market for producers of spirits 517 sures for raising the wholesale

and malt products.. 513 prices of the world...

W. L. Pers.

National League.

P. 107 59 48 110 60 50 112 58 54 113 58 55

.115 58 57 ,504

Chicago in an innings when he secured 9 Pittsburgh for 121 to dismiss Essex 825 in Brooklyn Boston: the first innings. Bowes's final

Philadelphia figures for the match were 18 for St. Louis 183. Herbert Taylor, the veter-New York an South African Test cricketer, Cincinnati "scored his second century in Eng-

land this summer when partici-New. York pating in a magnificent partner-Philadelphia ship with Nicholla (105),

Brilliant Hammond,

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..114 48 66 417 the Exchequer,

Conference Pleased.

The Conference is gratified that

The sudden set-back to the

30,000 AIR PASSENGERS FROM CROYDEN IN 6 MONTHS.

Hundredfold Increase in

13 Years.

London, Yesterday,

The extremely rapid growth of air travel ja shown by the feet that whereas 18 years ago only 20 passengers left Croydon in an average week, now 2,000 leave that airport weekly.

This hundredfold increase pro- mises to be rapidly exceeded, for in the first six months this year, the

Imperial Airways carried 30,000 passengers from Croydon

alone; as many as the total car- ried during the whole of last year.

It is now possible to book by air from Croyden for 130 contin- ental centres, apart from the Em- pire

services British Offcial Wireless Service.

~BERLIN'S BAN ON NUDIST SECT.

Decree Insists On

Proper Dress,

"MODERN SAVAGES,”

Naked Women Seen In Stage Spectacles.

Berlin, To-day. Drastic decrees against the Nudist Cult, so popular in Germany for some years past, were issued to-night by the Deputy Commission er of Prussia. These decrees forbid not only stage specta- cles of naked women, gym-' nastic exhibitions by naked persons of both sexes, but bathing without proper cos- tumes or visiting restaur- ants in scanty swimming at- tire. - Reuter.

Fanatical Sect,"

PROGRESS OF WAR LOAN CONVERSION.cribed by prominent Germans as

Unexpected Large Delayed Post

ALMOST £1,700,000,000 CONVERTED.

Final Figure Larger.

London, To-day.

The Nudist Cult has been des

a "form of modern sayagery." It has had a demoralising effect upon certain elements of the po pulation. The Cult is a more of less fanatic 1 body and some of its members, of the servant" class, have insisted on going about their duties in. various households without the garments essential to modesty.

In parks and on public beache

people of this sect would appear suddenly to take the sun,”

The Treasury announcement causing consternation or excite-

Welcome System; *** the United Kingdom has already hopes of "bear" speculators did 109 58 56 486 The Conference welcomes the established machinery aiming at not come as any surprises Eco- 107 50 57 467 statement of the Chancellor of preventing the wide fluctuations in nomists for the past few days as to the progress which the ment

Mr. Neville gold value towards sterling, due to have been warning both London War Loan Conversion operation An almost parallel situation American League.

Chamberlain, who expresses the speculative movements, and re- and New York that the reaction, has achieved up to the end of exists in Canada, in the Douk- P. W. L. Pers. desire of His Majesty's Govern-cognises the value of a Common when it came, would be most the bonus month is expected and British Columbia. Here hobor communities of Alberta. 110 75 36 ,682 ment to see wholesale prices ris wealth of countries whose currencies severe and would probably do

66 45 594 ing.

are linked to sterling, maintaining more than wipe out the gains of early next week. Much pro- bands of hundreds of persons 111 66 · 45 .594

their exchange the recent climbing securities, gress has now been made with parade in the nude in face of .110 61 49

Mr. Chamberlain declared: stability between. .554

rates. The Conference looks to The prophesy was correct, for the great volume of mail receiv- stern, measures for suppression 108 67 51 .527 "The best condition for this re the rise of the general level of issues have sunk to where they ed during the last few days of of the custom. But with them it 49 60 449 sult would be the rise of gold wholesale prices as the moet de-started, and beyond, in many in July and some days afterwards. is a matter of religion. Reuter,

339 prices; and the absence of a riesirable means to facilitate this re-stances. Reuter. 247 of gold prices inevitably limits

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Cleveland Washington Detroit St. Louis

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106.86 70 .109 27 82

Notta registered another suc- Chicago cess when they beat Northants, Boston

and are hanging grimly to the

heels of the leaders awaiting the COUNTERFEIT · H. K.

slips that occur in modern cric- ket. Walker reached three- figures and Sami Staples took 12 for 135.

of Gloucester's first innings total

276,

TEN CENT PIECES.

Chinese Who Had Over 200,

what can be done for sterling. A

sult.

rise in prices is not effectable by The Conference refrains from HEAVY WARFARE

KWANGTUNG.

Communist Troops Defeated.

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Delayed post, consisting mainly

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of letters from holders abroad, KWANGSI AIR FORCE was unexpectedly large.

There are indications that be fore July 81 that £1,700,000,000 of 5 per cent. war stock was con- verted to 81⁄2 per cent, stock and a final approximate amount will show a considerably higher fig ure. The total amount of War Loan outstanding was £2,087,-

PLANS.

has been taken

monetary action alone, since the making any recommendation with various other factors which com-regard to the restoration of a satis bined to bring about the present factory international monetary depression must also be modified or standard in view of the fact that

American Trained removed. But His Majesty's Gov- the question will shortly be dis-

at the International] ernment recognises that an ample cussed

Pilots As Teachers. Conference, but its The Gloucester revival continged

supply of short term money at low Economic rates may be a valuable influence spokesman remarks that the most

Canton, Yesterday. at. Cheltenham where Lancashire

American trained Chinese airman SIX MONTHS' GAOL. and is confident that" the efforts important conditions precedent to

Interviewed upon his arrival | 000,000 suffered, their sixth defeat of the

are to be employed as teachers in which successfully brought about any re-establishment of any inter- from the front to-day, General season. - "Wally" Hammond waa in'

City circles do not doubt that the service of the Kwangel Air Sentence of six months' hard the present favourable monetary national monetary standard, is the Yu Han-mou, the Commander of brilliant form registering 164 out labour was passed on Ho Ting, a conditions can and will be conting-rise of the general level of com- the First Army, confirmed the the Treasury will be able to an-Force, to assist in the programme of

man, by Mr. E. I. Wynne-Jones in ed."

modity prices in the various coun- capture of Hsingen from the nounce a very great success and expansion at present in operation.

anticipate that, apart from the The measure the Central Police Court this morn- The Conference recommends tries to a height more in keeping Communists. of 378. Paynter, who is on the ing, for having in his possession other British Commonwealth coun with the level of costs, including He stated that the fighting home financial situation, the Messrs. Chang Hoo-yuen, Wong benefits it will confer on the owing to the lack of pilots, and verge of an England blazer, hit up 207, Hong-Kong currency ten cent tries represented at Ottawa to act the burden of debts and other fix-~ during the past week has been operation will serve as a modelTak-man, and Ng Yiu-chung have 108 out of Lancashire's total of pieces, which were counterfeit. in conformity with the policy out- ed or semi-fixed charges, and ad- the most severe since the cam to other countreis with conver- already commenced duties as in-

Prosecuting, Detective-Sergeant lined by the Chancellor of the Justment of factors in political, paign started. The Reds actual-sion schemes in prospect.

Anancial Hemsley, stated the defendant was Exchequer as far as lies in their economic,

monetary ly attempted to penetrate into spheres, which caused the break- North Kwangtung and East Hu- tish Wireless Service. arrested by a Chinese detective-power.

down of the gold standard in many nan, with the object of making Sound System. sergeant walking in Hollywood Good bowling by Maurice AllomRoad. He was taken to the Cen- In the monetarysphere the countries and which if not adjust a surprise attack on Wuhan, and was largely responsible for Sur-Half Police Station, where a starch primary line of action towards ed will inevitably lead to nicther the joining up with the Com- PRINCES WELCOMED rey's seventh victory, Hampshire revealed the coins. The coins were rise in prices should be the creation breakdown, whatever internation- munista on the Hupeh,Anhui

and Honan borders. going down by a margin of eight brought from Canton, and the de- and maintenance, within limits, oral standard is adopted.

The situation was most criti- fendant was alleged to have been a sound finance system to assist The Conference also believes the wickets at Portsmouth.

trying to pass them off in opium revival enterprise and trade, in most important step towards the cal when the Reds surrounded The Rev. E. T. Killick, who open-divans in Shamshuipe district. cluding low rates of interest, and an future working of any internation- Tayu and Nanhsiung, but they al standard, is that international were repulsed after five hours of ed" the England innings against | Sergeant Hemsley added that abundance of short term money.

fierce fighting, the South Africans in England in the Police took a serious view of Referring to the importance of co-operation should be secured and very

the case, as the defendant had trade stability and exchange rates maintained with a view to avoid- thousand being killed. -1980, put-forward claims for Tést}

made several statements all of over the widest area possible the ing as far as practicable the wide recognition with a painstaking inn- which were found to be untrue.

conference spokesman says complete fluctuations in purchasing power. Inge of 128 against Derbyshire at Defendant admitted a previous solution of the problem must await Remonetisation of sliver was Lord's. Middlesex, however, had conviction for a breach of the restoration of conditions for the among the proposals jettisoned Wine and Spirits Ordinance in satisfactory working of an interna- early in proceedings, and others In- 1980, when he served four months. tional standard. Meanwhile, the cluded several novel schemes for Conference had considered the. pos-| Empire monetary reform Reuter POLITICAL COUNCILbility of achieving valuable re- ** (Continued on Page 14.)

Killick's Century.

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to be content with major pointe after scoring 442.

A Worcester Record. Worcester compiled their highest

total of the season when they

rattled 'up 502 at Hinkley, Gibbons Acoring a faultless 126. Leicester, however saved the follow-on-and Worcester secured only first fan- ings points

GK Naidu showed brilliant all- round form at Taunton when he 130— his fifth century of the and took 4 for 89 to give All-India victory over Somer 168 runs. Mahomed Nissar

SECRETARY HERE.

Discussion With Mr. Wn Han-min.

the Sou

Chan Yung, Secretary of

Western Political Coun Kong yester wy Miss Wu Mo Wa Han-min

TYPHOON STATIONARY.

weather report is- sued from the Royal Observa-/

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Saw RELIEF FUNDS TO TRAIN POOR.

Part of the $300,0 the Tang Wah

several

Beuter.

GOVERNMENT TENDERS INVITED.

Tenders for the supply of rations

Bri-structors; at the instigation of" Gen-

eral Lee Chung-yan, Commander,” in-Chief of the 4th Military Group. Army's

AT VENICE.

On Way To Visit The Fleet.

IN ^ MEDITERRANEAN.

London, To-day. The Prince of Wales and Prince

for the Indian Police for the 12 George reached Venke this after- months commencing January, 1988, noon and found a great crowd swalt- are invited, also tenders for the Ing them at Santa Lucia station. purchase of waste paper from the They were heartily cheered as they Prion Department for one year left for their hotel. from October 1 Other

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DOLLAR REMAINS UNCHANGED.

Spot Silver Drops 7/16.

The dollar remained unchanged this morning, being steady at 1/3 showing a rise of 34 since the beginning of the week,

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Spot silver weakened, and shows drop of/1/16 as compared with Yesterday's price. To-day's quote- tion is 182 Forward silver, is quoted 18-9/16

The Lo on New York cross plane rate in quo $G$3.47% and the New York on London cross rate the 3-$3.47SLOTE

The provisional

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